Abstract
The open-chain hexadentate $N_4$, $O_2$ ligands 1, 15-bis(2-hydroxybenzyl)-2, 6, 10, 14-tetraazapentadecane (BSATPD. 4HCl) has been synthesized as its tetrahydro-chloride salt and characterized by EA, IR, NMR, and Mass spectrum. Its protonation constants ($logK_n{^H}$) and stability constants ($logK_{ML}$) for $Cu^{2+}$, $Ni^{2+}$, $Co^{2+}$ and $Zn^{2+}$ ions were determined in aqueous solution by potentiometry and compared with those of analogous $N_4$, $O_2$ ligands contain ethtylenic spacers or propylenic spacers, which make six-membered chelate rings between the aliphatic nitrogen atoms.